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The Illustrated Guide to the South Indian Railway was mainly meant for British and other Western tourists who were considering a holiday to India.
Reading his autobiography titled 'I Too Had a Dream', one can easily be convinced that Dr Verghese Kurien was somehow destined to help India become a ‘milk superpower.’
Poravankara Narayanan Nair didn’t dedicate his entire time to the Malayalam language and culture and was also known for his role as a trade union leader on the island.
There is definitely more to the Malayali immigration story to West Asia than most of us know.
This was a period when India and China had a very good diplomatic relationship.
The intended audience was definitely not Indian and Karandikar’s article didn’t get published anywhere in his own country.
The areas that consist of the erstwhile Malabar district and Kozhikode, newly-crowned UNESCO ‘City of Literature’, remain some of the most charming places in India.
We live in a less than ideal world, but it is clear from old travel accounts that places like Kerala have made immense social progress.
Panikkar’s writing is a refreshing and welcome change for those used to condescending travelogues from his western contemporaries.
The recruiters would look for physically strong workers who were already employed in Singapore and lure them to Dutch-held territories with offers of better pay and working conditions.